Canadian Women's Open

FINAL RESULT: 1-3; +4.13pts

Rosales dns
Kane 27th
Lang 6th
Lindley 3rd
Park mc

Profit on the event, but 50/1 shot Lindley was tied for the lead with two holes to play, trailed Meena Lee by one after the next hole, but instead of a four at the last hole and a playoff, she found trouble and took six. Having had a seven in the second round on that hole, it proved to be costly. Lang finished one shot out of the places to compound the frustration.

Further outright play (total stake: 1.5pts)

In-Bee Park to win 80/1 e.w. @ Centrebet  (also 80/1 at BetInternet, but with 4 places)
The travel chaos for this event continues with many players not arriving until late Tuesday or early Wednesday and several of them without their clubs. The withdrawals continue and one of them is Rosales. This suggests that players such as Kane who avoided all the travel frustration will have a sizeable advantage. That should also be the case for the Monday qualifiers who had their qualifying tournament at Glenn Arbour itself and one particular player of note is the amateur, In-Bee Park. The 16-year-old's family first moved from Korea to Florida in 2001 to further her game and then to Las Vegas a year ago to work with the Butch Harmon School of Golf and she has made a big impression in the few LPGA Tour events that she has been invited to: she finished 8th in the 2004 Takefuji Classic and was invited back in 2005 and finished 5th. This week she qualified by right and against such a weakened field and with the advantage of having been in the area all week and playing well on the course already, another top-10 finish will be a realistic goal.

Outright plays (total stake per play: 1.5pts)

Jennifer Rosales to win 18/1 e.w. @ SkyBet
This has become an event blighted by problems. From extremely lengthy airport delays for the players to an ad for a local strip club appearing in promotional materials for the event, this is proving to be a sponsor's nightmare and there have been a very large number of withdrawals, which leaves Rosales as arguably the best player on view. Already a winner on Tour this year, she has become, with the exception of two withdrawals, a very consistent player this year and should, at the very least, repeat her top-10 finish of last year.

Lorie Kane to win 22/1 e.w. @ Centrebet
Living only two hours from the course, there will be a very large home support for Kane and particularly as this is the first time that it has been held in Atlantic Canada. She has said that she has been hitting the ball very well this year, better than her scores suggest, and this came to fruition with a 4th place finish in the U.S. Women's Open last month. With a record of five finishes in the top-8 in the last six years, she is clearly able to cope with home expectation and a repeat of her U.S. Women's Open form will make her an easy winner.

Brittany Lang to win 30/1 e.w. @ Centrebet
Lang finished ahead of Kane in the U.S. Women's Open - she was a runner-up having lead the event at several stages throughout the week and looked set to secure at least a playoff place until Birdie Kim incredible finish. In short, in the last two months she has finished 15th in the LPGA Corning Classic and 2nd in the U.S. Women's Open as an amateur and in her first event as a professional, she was 4th at the cut in the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic before fading over the weekend, not doubt partly due to the intense media coverage that she earned that week. Her second event as a pro will be much easier and she has shown that is one of the best up-and-coming players, so against a weak field and with no disadvantage in terms of course experience this week, another strong performance is expected from Lang.

Leta Lindley to win 50/1 e.w. @ Centrebet
In the last month she has finished in the top-25 of two major championships and finished 7th in the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic having been in the top-10 all week. That is good enough form in this field and having finished in the top-25 in four of her last five starts in Canada, there is plenty of reason to expect at least a top-25 finish this week.